The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.42

c16.42

But the savagery of his successor, Mihiragula, drove the clans into revolt, and a confederacy under Narasimha-gupta of Magadha and Yasô-dharman of Central India defeated the Hun tyrant, who was taken prisoner. The magnanimity of the Aryan race was shown in the way they treated the bloodthirsty enemy of their Dharma, whose fiendish cruelty, especially to Buddhists, had exasperated the clans. He was only banished from Aryâvarta, and a younger brother was allowed to succeed him.